NROC64H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saccade, Sclera, Retina
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10 questions each for the quiz: though papers 2 pages double spaced exactly, frist a brief paragraph ending with thesis. This though paper i am going to argue that or you can pick one thing to critize and state there is a lot wrong. Because whales and sharks are optimized from swimming. The optimization principles here for the body shape is that it reduces water resistance: spine was initially designed to go sort of horizontal. At some point the one optimization principle overruled another. Walking on 2 legs was more energy efficient which overruled than having a spine that was designed for that: another example- photo receptors response to action potential or graded potential. Our eye evolved from sort of eye or compound eye. Squids have photoreceptors on the other side towards light: the brain is optimized for sensorimotor integration. Why would you care if its optimal: identifying giving a more understanding of things.
